U.S. Women Joining NHL All-Star Weekend Festivities

Three members of the U.S. Women's National Team program will join the stars of the National Hockey League in San Jose this week for the festivities and celebration during the 2019 NHL All-Star Weekend.

Members of the gold medal-winning 2018 U.S. Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Team Kendall Coyne Schofield (Palos Heights, Ill.) and Brianna Decker (Dousman, Wis.) will serve as special guests during the NHL All-Star Skills Competition Friday, Jan. 25 at 9 p.m. ET on NBC Sports Network, while goaltender Alex Rigsby (Delafield, Wis.) will be on hand in support of the EVERFI Future Goals program.

Coyne Schofield and Decker will also join the 2019 NHL Fan Fair celebration at the San Jose Convention Center on Thursday (NHL All-Star Skills Zone) and Saturday (Autograph Stage and NHL Theater). See the full schedule and get more details here.

Rigsby will serve as a guest speaker during a panel designed to provide students with a glimpse into careers surrounding hockey and an inside perspective of how science, technology and math have changed the game. The students are going through the Future Goals - Hockey Scholar program, an online program that teaches critical science, technology, engineering and math skills through hockey.

2019 Rivalry Series

NOTES: The U.S. Women's National Team joined the NHL All-Star Weekend festivities during last year's event in Tampa, where 2018 U.S. Olympians Meghan Duggan (Danvers, Mass.), Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho) and Amanda Kessel (Madison, Wis.) served as special guests during the NHL All-Star Skills Competition, and members of the team interacted with fans, participated in event activities and made appearances on set with NHL Network and NBC... The U.S. Women's National Team will hit the ice again this February during a three-game series with Canada, the 2019 Rivalry Series, highlighted by a game Feb. 17 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. For more information on the series, including tickets and media information, please click here.